EP 1468967 B1 20070523 - Method for sterilising and sanitising water circuits.
Title (en)
Method for sterilising and sanitising water circuits.
Title (de)
Verfahren zur Desinfektion bzw. Sterilisation von Wasserkreisläufen.
Title (fr)
Procédé de stérilisation et d'aseptisation de circuits d'eau.
Publication
Application
Priority
IT BO20030216 A 20030411
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP1468967A2] Described is an apparatus for sterilising and sanitising water circuits, especially the water circuits of dental units, comprising: a user fluid (F) supply line (1) connected, at one end, to a mains water supply (2) and, at the other end, to the dental unit through a first branch (3) for supplying a series of devices comprising a plurality of handpieces (4); a first unit (9), equipped with a third independent branch (10) connected to the first branch (3) and alternatively containing one of the following: a first disinfectant/sterilising fluid (F1) to be supplied to the first branch (3) to permit performance of programmable discontinuous sterilising or sanitising cycles in the first branch (3), or a second sterile, disinfectant or medicinal fluid (F2) to be supplied continuously to the first supply branch (3) independently of, and as an alternative for, the user fluid (F) from the supply line (1); control means (30) acting on the first unit (9) also being provided for selecting the first or second fluid (F1, F2) supply according to the operating configuration of the dental equipment, that is to say, a continuous steady-state supply or sterilisation / disinfection cycles of the first branch (3). <IMAGE>
IPC 8 full level
B01F 11/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/50 (2006.01); A61C 1/00 (2006.01); A61C 17/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR US)
A61C 17/00 (2013.01 - KR); C02F 1/50 (2013.01 - EP US); C02F 2103/006 (2013.01 - EP US); C02F 2103/02 (2013.01 - EP US); C02F 2209/005 (2013.01 - EP US); C02F 2301/043 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1468967 A2 20041020; EP 1468967 A3 20050803; EP 1468967 B1 20070523; AT E362899 T1 20070615; BR PI0401002 A 20050111; CA 2462784 A1 20041011; CN 100368310 C 20080213; CN 1535923 A 20041013; DE 602004006556 D1 20070705; DE 602004006556 T2 20080131; ES 2287680 T3 20071216; IT BO20030216 A1 20041012; KR 20040089517 A 20041021; RU 2004110909 A 20051010; US 2004200783 A1 20041014
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 04425212 A 20040325; AT 04425212 T 20040325; BR PI0401002 A 20040330; CA 2462784 A 20040331; CN 200410032831 A 20040409; DE 602004006556 T 20040325; ES 04425212 T 20040325; IT BO20030216 A 20030411; KR 20040024351 A 20040409; RU 2004110909 A 20040409; US 80909404 A 20040325